Tim McManus
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Philadelphia Eagles received the ultimate phrase throughout a hotly contested Tremendous Bowl rematch with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday that was intense to the very finish.
Chiefs defensive deal with Chris Jones was heard on the published razzing Saquon Barkley for not reaching 100 yards dashing within the waning moments of the Eagles' 20-17 victory at Arrowhead Stadium.
Simply earlier than taking a knee to ice the sport, quarterback Jalen Hurts fired again: “We received the f—ing recreation.”
Eagles proper deal with Lane Johnson mentioned after the sport that Jones “mentioned a whole lot of stuff on the market.”
“He is in all probability the most effective s— talkers within the league. Prime notch,” Johnson mentioned.
Kansas Metropolis's bid to precise a bit of revenge from its 40-22 loss in February, although, fell brief. The turning level got here early within the fourth quarter when, with the Chiefs trailing 13-10, tight finish Travis Kelce did not haul in Patrick Mahomes' cross close to the objective line, the ball caroming off his fingers and into the possession of rookie security Drew Mukuba.
The Eagles scored on the following possession and had been capable of maintain off a late surge to enhance to 2-0 and drop Kansas Metropolis to 0-2.
“I feel that is crucial factor is discovering a technique to win,” mentioned Hurts, who improved to 48-20 as a starter throughout the common season. “Given the aggressive nature of the sport and the way our video games have gone after we've performed this staff — it is a actually good staff, we have a ton of respect for them clearly — however you have to are available with a way of focus, you have to keep affected person inside your self, keep affected person throughout the staff and your function, and let issues come to you. And I feel as a staff, we confirmed up after we wanted to essentially the most.”
It wasn't the best day for the Eagles offensively. Hurts was held to 101 yards passing, Barkley completed with 88 dashing yards and a landing on 22 carries, and solely DeVonta Smith (4 catches, 53 yards) was north of 30 yards receiving.
However the protection largely held down the Chiefs, as coordinator Vic Fangio dialed up 12 blitzes after not blitzing Mahomes a single time within the Tremendous Bowl. Mahomes was pressured seven occasions (58%), sacked as soon as and threw an interception on these events.
“Our job, particularly early within the season, is discover a technique to win, take satisfaction in profitable any approach that you simply presumably can, work to get higher all through the week, repeat, repeat, repeat,” coach Nick Sirianni mentioned.
